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hamas has retaliated by firing more rockets into israel and firing back on twitter, warning that israel has "opened the gates of hell" on itself. egypt has recalled its ambassador to israel. in the meantime, the u.s. state department condemned the strikes fired from gaza and supporting israel's right to defend itself. i talked about all of this with sara sidner and also david kirkpatrick of "the new york times" and cnn's fareed zakaria. what is the latest on the attacks and the fallout? >> what we are seeing are more rockets coming into israel. there have been dozens of air strikes, as well since the killing of ahmed al jabarry, who is the leader of hamas' military wing, but he is also one of the founders of hamas. we are talking about a huge blow to hamas, and now the government there in gaza. israel is also telling us, and we've just heard this from its military spokesperson, that they are bringing in reservists, but they are considering a ground war, but have not yet given the go-ahead for that, but they are preparing. we know that they have been firing with the air with the air stri
hamas has retaliated by firing more rockets into israel and firing back on twitter, warning that israel has "opened the gates of hell" on itself. egypt has recalled its ambassador to israel. in the meantime, the u.s. state department condemned the strikes fired from gaza and supporting israel's right to defend itself. i talked about all of this with sara sidner and also david kirkpatrick of "the new york times" and cnn's fareed zakaria. what is the latest on the attacks and...
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commitment by israel not to target militants in gaza. to halt rocket fire into israel. nothing is a done deal. in the next hour we will hear from the spokeswoman for the israeli defense forces and we begin with a look at what has transpired over the last 24 hours. and it is remarkable that there is a cease fire when you consider how this wednesday started off. at midday no sign of atruce yet. at least two dozen people wounded. hamas praised the attack near the headquarters of the defense forces. farther south, a home was hit by a rocket. room after room left in ruins. more than 60 rockets were fired from gaza today. the others were intercepted. across the border in fagaza several large explosioned. the skyline of the city covered in smoke. the city on edge. on some streets buildings were turned to rubble. >> there used to be a small well-known shop here that has branchs throughout the city selling wedding and party dresses. there is a bouquet lying there in the rubble. the tar bet of the strike was the police station behind it. >> after hours of intense negotiations, hi
commitment by israel not to target militants in gaza. to halt rocket fire into israel. nothing is a done deal. in the next hour we will hear from the spokeswoman for the israeli defense forces and we begin with a look at what has transpired over the last 24 hours. and it is remarkable that there is a cease fire when you consider how this wednesday started off. at midday no sign of atruce yet. at least two dozen people wounded. hamas praised the attack near the headquarters of the defense...
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the sweetener was support for israel. support for israel diplomatmatically. standing beside us. upholding our right to defend ourselves in the face of hamas terror. that was very important for us. also it's important for that iron dome missile system which you saw working, anderson, and working so outstandingly, taking down about 85% to 90% of all the incoming rockets and denying hamas the opportunity to -- or the ability to strike at our 5.5 million israelis who were under rocket fire. >> we talked about this, ambassador, a few hours ago. there have now been apparently five rockets launched. a number of them intercepted. but three of them landed in southern israel. how do you see that? how seriously do you take that in terms of a violation of the cease-fire thus far? >> we assumed it would take a while for the cease-fire to take hold. i understand now it has taken hold. there hasn't been fire for a while. of course, we are not firing. there is a cease-fire, anderson. >> all right. ambassador oren, i appreciate your time tonight. thank you very much. >> thank you, anderson. >>>
the sweetener was support for israel. support for israel diplomatmatically. standing beside us. upholding our right to defend ourselves in the face of hamas terror. that was very important for us. also it's important for that iron dome missile system which you saw working, anderson, and working so outstandingly, taking down about 85% to 90% of all the incoming rockets and denying hamas the opportunity to -- or the ability to strike at our 5.5 million israelis who were under rocket fire....
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so it doesn't seem like they actually reached across the border into israel and actually land in israel. we've seen explosions really over the last several hours, though not as active as we saw last night, but it was a very busy day here in gaza, a day -- deadly day as well. take a look. [ sirens ] >> day six of the battle between hamas and israeli defense forces. day six of rockets crisscrossing the border, despite efforts to broker a cease-fire, the specter of israel ground invasion is still very real. this strike occurred monday around 2:00 a.m. when we were live on cnn. also two media centers -- whoa! that was a rather large explosion. that occurred, just look out here, i can't actually see where the impact of that was. it's actually set off a number of car alarms but that was probably the largest explosion that we've heard just in the past -- really in the past hour. by daylight, the results of that strike were clear. and this is the results of the explosion that we witnessed last night. it's the police station or a police station in gaza city. local people say it was still being b
so it doesn't seem like they actually reached across the border into israel and actually land in israel. we've seen explosions really over the last several hours, though not as active as we saw last night, but it was a very busy day here in gaza, a day -- deadly day as well. take a look. [ sirens ] >> day six of the battle between hamas and israeli defense forces. day six of rockets crisscrossing the border, despite efforts to broker a cease-fire, the specter of israel ground invasion is...
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i see them blaming israel. i see hamas strengthen strengthened, and in the end, you have to include gaza have both parts of the palestinians, that's exactly what qatar and egypt have been trying to do, bring hamas and fatah closer together. i think through egypt, they have to be represented. >> when you talk to people here in gaza about hamas, what do they say publicly, may be different than what they say privately. i appreciate you being on tonight. our coverage from gaza city continues. [ male announcer ] with over 50 delicious choices of green giant vegetables it's easy to eat like a giant... ♪ and feel like a green giant. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant and his new boss told him two things -- cook what you love, and save your money. joe doesn't know it yet, but he'll work his way up from busser to waiter to chef before opening a restaurant specializing in fish and game from the great northwest. he'll start investing early, he'll find some good people to help guide him, and he'll set money aside from his firs
i see them blaming israel. i see hamas strengthen strengthened, and in the end, you have to include gaza have both parts of the palestinians, that's exactly what qatar and egypt have been trying to do, bring hamas and fatah closer together. i think through egypt, they have to be represented. >> when you talk to people here in gaza about hamas, what do they say publicly, may be different than what they say privately. i appreciate you being on tonight. our coverage from gaza city continues....
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israel's cabinet has authorized the call-ups of up to 75,000 reservists. a member of israel's government who is not aligned with prime minister netanyahu's coalition, seems to be beyond control, end quote. the u.s. state department is calling it a very dangerous situation. president obama talked to the leaders of israel and egypt and we are told secretary of state clinton has been working the phones trying to muster international pressure to diffuse the situation rockets have been flying both ways. israel is aiming at terrorist targets and that's what it looks and sounds like from a distance. here it is up close during an israeli and palestinian who are in the thick of it. >> let me jump in there, mohammed. when you hear him describe the situation where he is, what goes through your mind? >> sorry. that is one thing. carry on with your question. [ indiscernible ] >> the palestinian health minister says at least 30 people have been killed in gaza, 300 wounded. many of them children and women. he says we can't independently verify those numbers. cnn's sarah
israel's cabinet has authorized the call-ups of up to 75,000 reservists. a member of israel's government who is not aligned with prime minister netanyahu's coalition, seems to be beyond control, end quote. the u.s. state department is calling it a very dangerous situation. president obama talked to the leaders of israel and egypt and we are told secretary of state clinton has been working the phones trying to muster international pressure to diffuse the situation rockets have been flying both...
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i see them blaming israel. i see hamas actually being strengthened, and in the end, you have to include gaza, have both parts of the palestinians, that's exactly what qatar and egypt have been trying to do, bring hamas and fatah closer together. as i said, we are not going to address them separately but i think through egypt they have to be represented. >> when you talk to people here in gaza about hamas, what do they say publicly, may be different than what they say privately. we'll talk about that next. i appreciate you being on tonight. our coverage from gaza city continues. we'll be right back. >>> another rocket landed a short time ago during the commercial break here in gaza city. we'll bring that to you. also an up close look at hamas. what people really feel about hamas. we'll be right back. >>> one of the biggest strikes we saw yesterday was on this building, the islamic national bank. i'm assuming it was a target by israeli forces because this is the bank where salaries for hamas members are paid out
i see them blaming israel. i see hamas actually being strengthened, and in the end, you have to include gaza, have both parts of the palestinians, that's exactly what qatar and egypt have been trying to do, bring hamas and fatah closer together. as i said, we are not going to address them separately but i think through egypt they have to be represented. >> when you talk to people here in gaza about hamas, what do they say publicly, may be different than what they say privately. we'll talk...
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i see them blaming israel. i see hamas actually being strengthened, and in the end, you have to include gaza have both parts of the palestinians, that's exactly what qatar and egypt have been trying to do, bring hamas and fatah closer together. i think through egypt, they have to be represented. >> when you talk to people here in gaza about hamas, what do they say publicly, may be different than what they say privately. i appreciate you being on tonight. our coverage from gaza city continues. oh no, not a migraine now. try this... bayer? this isn't just a headache. trust me, this is new bayer migraine. [ male announcer ] it's the power of aspirin plus more in a triple action formula to relieve your tough migraines. new bayer migraine formula. [ gordon ] for some this line is a convenience. how you doing today? i'm good thanks. how are you? i'm good. [ gordon ] but for others, it's all they can afford. every day nearly nine million older americans don't have enough to eat. anything else? no, not today. join me,
i see them blaming israel. i see hamas actually being strengthened, and in the end, you have to include gaza have both parts of the palestinians, that's exactly what qatar and egypt have been trying to do, bring hamas and fatah closer together. i think through egypt, they have to be represented. >> when you talk to people here in gaza about hamas, what do they say publicly, may be different than what they say privately. i appreciate you being on tonight. our coverage from gaza city...
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you know invading and holding on to gaza is a nightmare for israel. it's a warren of groups, refugee camps, buried weapons caches. the israelis do not want to go back in with a ground force. there's no benefit from it. but on the other hand, if hamas is going to continue these rocket attacks, they're going to have to. but i think at the end of the day, what hamas would like to do is draw sympathy for the palestinians and draw the support of countries like egypt. you know, what's left of syria, jordan and the rest of it. i think they are continuing to look for some sort of arab backing, hoping to get something out of it. >> ben, i want to ask you, i talked to the foreign ministry spokesman earlier and asked him, he sort of demurred on the answer. does hamas come out of this stronger than they were before and stronger than the palestinian group which controls the west bank? >> certainly. if you look at the experience of the last 20 years, yes, it probably will. you look at hezbollah after the 2006 war, they emerged stronger. hamas came out of the operat
you know invading and holding on to gaza is a nightmare for israel. it's a warren of groups, refugee camps, buried weapons caches. the israelis do not want to go back in with a ground force. there's no benefit from it. but on the other hand, if hamas is going to continue these rocket attacks, they're going to have to. but i think at the end of the day, what hamas would like to do is draw sympathy for the palestinians and draw the support of countries like egypt. you know, what's left of syria,...
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i don't think israel wants a ground war. but right now hamas is actually, as you heard, palestinians are saying well, at least hamas is fighting back. you know, at least we have a government that can fight back. we've had the israelis invade us plenty. but we're fighting back. and on the israeli side, you know, bibi netanyahu has elections coming up. overwhelmingly, there is support for taking out the rocket launchers. >> reporter: i should point out we're also hearing more distant explosions off not here in central gaza but off in the distance. it sounds a bit like rolling thunder, but not actually seeing any of the impact zones at this point. and again, another one right then. david kirkpatrick joining us on the phone. your view from egypt obviously very changed situation in egypt. fawat saying there's rhetoric. in the end, egypt may not come to the table like many in gaza would hope. what are you seeing? >> i think that's right. there's only so much that egypt could do. what they're trying to do is getting more and more c
i don't think israel wants a ground war. but right now hamas is actually, as you heard, palestinians are saying well, at least hamas is fighting back. you know, at least we have a government that can fight back. we've had the israelis invade us plenty. but we're fighting back. and on the israeli side, you know, bibi netanyahu has elections coming up. overwhelmingly, there is support for taking out the rocket launchers. >> reporter: i should point out we're also hearing more distant...
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israel does not recognize hamas, hamas does not recognize israel's right to exist. can you see a day where that changes that israel sits down with hamas or even recognizes hamas? >> well, this is really a political echelon, but i don't see the near time, a day that there will be in the near future for this type of reconciling. >> prime minister netanyahu spoke about that. what would a ground operation have looked like from that perspective? >> a lot of forces, maybe tens of thousands, going deeply into the rocket areas, where the storages are, looking for the tunnels, we have bombed something like that 140 tunnels in this current operation out of 400. so going deeply into those places, in the civilian areas, where the weaponry and the ammunition is really hidden there, this is something you can only do on ground operation ope >> do you have any type of rockets, how many they still have left? >> a small number to our estimation. >> dozens? >> yeah, even less than dozens, but keep in mind that iran will try to smuggle more rockets of this kind, since they damaged this
israel does not recognize hamas, hamas does not recognize israel's right to exist. can you see a day where that changes that israel sits down with hamas or even recognizes hamas? >> well, this is really a political echelon, but i don't see the near time, a day that there will be in the near future for this type of reconciling. >> prime minister netanyahu spoke about that. what would a ground operation have looked like from that perspective? >> a lot of forces, maybe tens of...
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israel says at least three people have died. israel firing back with their own missile launches and air strikes. this is what happened on the ground in gaza, huge mushroom clouds of destruction, buildings left in ruins. israel says it targeted more than 300 terror sites. that's what they call them in gaza and the bombs fall, neighborhoods go up in flames. bodies on the streets. health ministry officials say 18 palestinians have been killed. cnn sara sidner is in gaza city, witnessing the violence and here's what she told wolf blitzer this afternoon. watch. >> reporter: okay. that is exactly -- i'm going to move out of the way and let you get a look here. i'm going to let you get a look at what is going on. i can see the black smoke. it's difficult to capture on camera but you saw that flash. this is what we have been dealing with all day. we have also been dealing with, i'm sorry, the power has just gone out, we have been dealing with power outages, wolf, but this feels like war. it may not have been declared but it feels like w
israel says at least three people have died. israel firing back with their own missile launches and air strikes. this is what happened on the ground in gaza, huge mushroom clouds of destruction, buildings left in ruins. israel says it targeted more than 300 terror sites. that's what they call them in gaza and the bombs fall, neighborhoods go up in flames. bodies on the streets. health ministry officials say 18 palestinians have been killed. cnn sara sidner is in gaza city, witnessing the...
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i see them blaming israel. i see hamas actually being strengthened and in the end, you've got to include gaza. you've got to have both parts of the palestinians. that's exactly what qatar and egypt have been trying to do is bring hamas and fatah closer together. so i think as i said, we're not going to address them directly but through egypt, i think they have to be represented. >> when you talk to people here in gaza about hamas, what they say publicly is often different than what they may say to you privately off camera. we will talk about that with ben wedeman next. also more with anne-marie. fuad, appreciate you being on. jill as well. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] this is sheldon, whose long dy setting up the news starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news. [ gordon ] for some this line is a convenience. how you doing today? i'm good thanks. how are you? i'
i see them blaming israel. i see hamas actually being strengthened and in the end, you've got to include gaza. you've got to have both parts of the palestinians. that's exactly what qatar and egypt have been trying to do is bring hamas and fatah closer together. so i think as i said, we're not going to address them directly but through egypt, i think they have to be represented. >> when you talk to people here in gaza about hamas, what they say publicly is often different than what they...
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where israel sits down with hamas? >> this is really political etch loan, but i don't see a near time of -- you know, a day that will be in the near future for this kind of reconciliation. >> there are clearly a number of israelis who wanted more of an operation. prime minister netanyahu spoke about that. what would a ground operation have looked like from the idf perspective? >> a lot of forces, maybe even tens of thousands. going deeply into the rockets area where the storage is. looking for those tunnels exactly, because we have bombed something like 140 tunnels in the current operation, out of 400. so going deeply into those places and those civilian areas, where the -- the weaponry and the ammunition is wrareally hid there. this is something you can do only with ground forces. >> do you have any idea that hamas, how many they still have left? >> a small number to our estimation. however -- >> like dozens or -- >> yeah, even less than dozens, keep in mind that iran will try to smuggle in more rockets of this kind s
where israel sits down with hamas? >> this is really political etch loan, but i don't see a near time of -- you know, a day that will be in the near future for this kind of reconciliation. >> there are clearly a number of israelis who wanted more of an operation. prime minister netanyahu spoke about that. what would a ground operation have looked like from the idf perspective? >> a lot of forces, maybe even tens of thousands. going deeply into the rockets area where the...
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he did not break off relations with israel. he was a responsible broker in trying to come to a cease-fire. interestingly enough, today was the day that talks began in trying to take this fragile cease-fire into something that was more enduring. that will be a very important judge of the caliber of the man, his intentions long term and the role he'll play in the region. >> you know, it's funny, because when i was in israel, steven, last week and met with israeli officials, they were praising president morsi, they were pretty impressed by what he was doing, and trying to deliver a cease-fire between hamas and israel. what do you think about the role that he played? will the cease-fire actually last? >> that, nobody knows, i certainly don't think any questions have been resolved in the long run in gaza. both sides have held off. both sides certainly to their supporters are claiming that they did what had to be done, but they both reserve the right to carry on doing it in the future. i think it's very, very unclear what's going to
he did not break off relations with israel. he was a responsible broker in trying to come to a cease-fire. interestingly enough, today was the day that talks began in trying to take this fragile cease-fire into something that was more enduring. that will be a very important judge of the caliber of the man, his intentions long term and the role he'll play in the region. >> you know, it's funny, because when i was in israel, steven, last week and met with israeli officials, they were...
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. >> you know, it's funny, because when i was in israel, steven, last week and met with israeli officials, they were praising president morsi, they were pretty impressed by what he was doing, and trying to deliver a cease-fire between hamas and israel. what do you think about the role that he played? will the cease-fire last? >> that, nobody knows, i certainly don't think any questions have been resolved in the long run in gaza. both sides have held off. both sides certainly to their supporters are claiming that they did what had to be done, but they both reserve the right to carry on doing it in the future. i think it's very, very unclear what's going to be happening in gaza. other than, i think long lasting harmony is extremely long lasting. >> is the cease-fire going to last? >> i think there's greater potential for movement on the peace process than any time in recent history, because there's so many arab governments in the region, including particularly in egypt, that really want to focus on the broader domestic issues, whether it's 40% unemployment among young people. creating the k
. >> you know, it's funny, because when i was in israel, steven, last week and met with israeli officials, they were praising president morsi, they were pretty impressed by what he was doing, and trying to deliver a cease-fire between hamas and israel. what do you think about the role that he played? will the cease-fire last? >> that, nobody knows, i certainly don't think any questions have been resolved in the long run in gaza. both sides have held off. both sides certainly to...